On 06/11/2021 at 09:29, low flying Robbo said:

I've always said following melbourne has made me a stronger person...

and now it's made you a happier person 😁

  On 06/11/2021 at 03:49, Dwight Schrute said:

The look in Tracs eyes after he kicks that dribbler is the hunger and determination that only the absolute champions like Voss, Hodge and co have. seeing that, and looking back, it would have taken something incredible to beat us from that moment. 

No disrespect to Voss, but I think Trac will become a better player the  Voss if he hasn't already.

  On 04/11/2021 at 03:50, WalkingCivilWar said:

I’ve always tried to imagine what it’d be like to win one and this is a googolplex times better than anything I could envision. But what has caught me unawares more than anything is how LONG this feeling lasts. Fair dinkum, the pure joy and overwhelming feeling of relief and the feeling of pride to almost bursting point has not diminished one iota. In fact, some days I think it’s even stronger! Besides that, the fact that it doesn’t feel as though it’s fully sunk in yet is amazing. It’s still unbelievable! You simply could not put a price on this feeling. Even if Jeff Bezoz and Elon Musk and Richard Branson et al pooled their $$$ it wouldn’t come anywhere near the worth of the MIGHTY DEES winning a PREMIERSHIP!!!!!

I know exactly how you feel. Without doubt it was the happiest day of my life. ❤️💙

  On 05/11/2021 at 10:26, Dwight Schrute said:

It's a really strange one, i've probably watched the replay 30 ish times so far, and it still hasn't quite sunk in that we actually did it. 

I am exactly the same, I've either watched the full game, the second half or highlights every day since the grand final and It still hasn't quite sunk in. I thought my entire life that I'd cry like a baby when it happened but I was in shock from all the goals and the way we destroyed the dogs . 

I think that it comes with having watched it all through lockdown when usually I am (and I am sure many of you are) at every single game in Melbourne home or away. Not seeing the Grand Final win (or any game live since July 3rd) in the flesh seems to come with a weird kinda surreal detached emotion.
Maybe it's because we didn't get to party or celebrate as a group of supporters would into the night.
It's like its a dream, its still not quite real but I know it is and it was the most pure joy i've felt in my life. 

  On 06/11/2021 at 22:29, FritschyBusiness said:

I am exactly the same, I've either watched the full game, the second half or highlights every day since the grand final and It still hasn't quite sunk in. I thought my entire life that I'd cry like a baby when it happened but I was in shock from all the goals and the way we destroyed the dogs . 

I think that it comes with having watched it all through lockdown when usually I am (and I am sure many of you are) at every single game in Melbourne home or away. Not seeing the Grand Final win (or any game live since July 3rd) in the flesh seems to come with a weird kinda surreal detached emotion.
Maybe it's because we didn't get to party or celebrate as a group of supporters would into the night.
It's like its a dream, its still not quite real but I know it is and it was the most pure joy i've felt in my life. 

That's  why  Dec5th is so big for  the Melb home supporters to really feel the atmosphere etc. 

  On 06/11/2021 at 23:05, 58er said:

That's  why  Dec5th is so big for  the Melb home supporters to really feel the atmosphere etc. 

I am so keen for Dec 5th, the atmosphere will be incredible 
 

Well this morning I am angry, annoyed , dissolutions and very disappointed. For the first time in weeks there is not one mention of the premiers in today's edition of the HUN. I mean what is going on? 

  On 06/11/2021 at 23:35, old dee said:

Well this morning I am angry, annoyed , dissolutions and very disappointed. For the first time in weeks there is not one mention of the premiers in today's edition of the HUN. I mean what is going on? 

They only love the filth ... and I guess Richmond, Essendon et al.

Can someone tell me what its going to be like now to get supporters and players picked on every week, have your good players hard balled, shadowed and lined up, and not get any favours at all from any umpires.

  On 07/11/2021 at 06:21, willmoy said:

not get any favours at all from any umpires

we still have ben brown (the much taller equivalent of Ricky Jackson - you ken not touch him)

  On 07/11/2021 at 06:21, willmoy said:

Can someone tell me what its going to be like now to get supporters and players picked on every week, have your good players hard balled, shadowed and lined up, and not get any favours at all from any umpires.

So nothing changes hey?

  On 07/11/2021 at 06:21, willmoy said:

Can someone tell me what its going to be like now to get supporters and players picked on every week, have your good players hard balled, shadowed and lined up, and not get any favours at all from any umpires.

Clarrie cops it the most.  Regularly assaulted.

Feels great.

still as good today as it was on the night. 
ive watched the bloody thing about 15 times. Every play, every bounce, every bump. Locked in forever!

back to back?

 

  On 08/11/2021 at 00:41, pinkshark said:

Feels great.

still as good today as it was on the night. 
ive watched the bloody thing about 15 times. Every play, every bounce, every bump. Locked in forever!

back to back?

 

You bet PS 

  On 07/11/2021 at 09:19, Winners at last said:

Clarrie cops it the most.  Regularly assaulted.

I'm sure the back of Max's head feels better already knowing Mumford has retired. Having watched the Anzac Eve game again on Saturday, Riewoldt and Nankervis can f off as well!!

  On 05/11/2021 at 12:36, Beetle said:

Following that everything was going right for them. Keath taking a contested mark in our forward line, then kicking to the wing when Naughton took another contested mark 3 deep. That was when I truly thought we were gone.

Me too, that was the moment that I thought we were cooked. Just couldn't get our hands on it. Next thing you know, Fritsch finally kicks that settler, and what followed was the most dominant stretch of play I think I've ever witnessed. That third quarter just doesn't get old.

Watch how slowly the Bulldog's players run forward after that Naughton mark though.

  On 09/11/2021 at 00:44, Doggas front teeth said:

Me too, that was the moment that I thought we were cooked. Just couldn't get our hands on it. Next thing you know, Fritsch finally kicks that settler, and what followed was the most dominant stretch of play I think I've ever witnessed. That third quarter just doesn't get old.

Although at the Stadium on the day it is amazing Watching it on TV now really awakens me to the completely separate halves of the 3rd quarter and how we couldn't generate any scoring opportunities ( but kept Doggies to 2 goals only) to suddenly flick a switch and presto 7 majors on the run pretty well sealed our drought breaking flag agony.

That  quarter along  with the last quarter of the GF and Round 23 at the Cattery plus the Gawny Masterclass 3rd stanza in the Prelim are about the best 4 quarters of footy we have played in a patch for decades.

Truly Premiership quality footy by the Undoubted best team in the comp in this season.

All hail the magnificent awesome sensational  Demons of 2021. 

  On 08/11/2021 at 11:30, dworship said:

I'm sure the back of Max's head feels better already knowing Mumford has retired. Having watched the Anzac Eve game again on Saturday, Riewoldt and Nankervis can f off as well!!

In what seems like another life I was at a Pies/Tigers game at Vic Park - every time Peter Moore went for a mark, Mark Lee punched him in the back of the head.

I also remember Luke Darcy punching Woey? so hard in the back of the head I was surprised his noggin didnt end up on the top deck of Colonial Dome.

  On 04/11/2021 at 22:40, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

On the other hand, the club hasn't prepared me to deal with success. I don't mean that flippantly. I enjoyed the game and I'm still thinking about it, but I'm not sure whether I'm making the most of what might be the makings of a dynasty or perhaps just a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

I think we are well looked after in that regard. One of the things l have really been impressed by is the way the club and the players have behaved post game. Sure they rightly celebrated hard, but it was by no means over the top, and the club fairly quickly has started to focus on the next assault.
 

The forensic analysis of what makes a winning AFL organisation (which they so impressively demonstrated in 2121) has been refocused on 2022 and beyond, which makes me very confident this is going to continue well into this decade. 
 

I do not recall any winning AFL team  in recent times displaying such restraint and good sense. It is great credit to the club at all levels from the playing group to executive management and makes me, for one, very confident this is no “flash in the pan”. Besting Carlton’s and Essendon’s 16 premierships by the end of the decade would be a nice (and realistic) goal as neither of them are going to win one in the next 5-8 years!

Edited November 9, 20213 yr by DeesFlag2020

  On 09/11/2021 at 06:23, DeesFlag2020 said:

I think we are well looked after in that regard. One of the things l have really been impressed by is the way the club and the players have behaved post game. Sure they rightly celebrated hard, but it was by no means over the top, and the club fairly quickly has started to focus on the next assault.
 

The forensic analysis of what makes a winning AFL organisation (which they so impressively demonstrated in 2121) has been refocused on 2022 and beyond, which makes me very confident this is going to continue well into this decade. 
 

I do not recall any winning AFL team  in recent times displaying such restraint and good sense. It is great credit to the club at all levels from the playing group to executive management and makes me, for one, very confident this is no “flash in the pan”. Besting Carlton’s and Essendon’s 16 premierships by the end of the decade would be a nice (and realistic) goal as neither of them are going to win one in the next 5-8 years!

I'd be careful about those kinds of statements, that's what their supporters would have been saying about us, up until this year. Those teams now have a role model/ road map to follow. How successful they are at that could come quickly with the right people in the right roles and a buy in from the players.

  On 09/11/2021 at 01:08, 58er said:

 

That  quarter along  with the last quarter of the GF and Round 23 at the Cattery plus the Gawny Masterclass 3rd stanza in the Prelim are about the best 4 quarters of footy we have played in a patch for decades.

Truly Premiership quality footy by the Undoubted best team in the comp in this season.

 

Um, name any side that's played better than Melbourne, especially against Geelong in the prelim - without May effectively - and the last quarter and a half against the Dogs.  That was total control.

Edited November 9, 20213 yr by dieter

The great thing is I’m stressed anymore about footy and will we ever win one or not.

Im ecstatic we’ve won one and can now watch footy with a sense of accomplishment and pride in the knowledge that we’ve reached the pinnacle.

Anything from now on will be icing on the cake.

  On 05/11/2021 at 12:16, daisycutter said:

as my grandson said as a 3 yo on video "go the mighty dees, pop" (with just a little coaching from me)

as an 8 yo now he said after the gf "i've waited so long for this"............huh?

May he never have to wait that long again for the rest of his life.

  On 09/11/2021 at 07:40, dworship said:

I'd be careful about those kinds of statements, that's what their supporters would have been saying about us, up until this year. Those teams now have a role model/ road map to follow. How successful they are at that could come quickly with the right people in the right roles and a buy in from the players.

I am assuming they will continue to apply the same disciplines and common sense they did post grand final. That is the point l was making - l think, We should all take heart from their behaviour after the GRAND FINAL, and l am assuming that discipline will continue, but we all need to be vigilant.